Chewable soft capsule having improved ingestion property and method for producing same
First Claim
1. A soft capsule comprising a fill material filling a shell,wherein the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature and the fill material comprises a low melting point additive comprising a chocolate base comprising cacao butter,wherein said soft capsule comprising the fill material has been subjected to aging for 16 hours to 64 hours at a temperature of 35°
- C. so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other; and
wherein the soft capsule is a chewable capsule.
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Abstract
A soft capsule in which a shell is filled with fill material, and the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature. The soft capsule may be a chewable capsule, and the fill material may comprise a low melting point additive. The content of the low melting point additive may be 10% or more with respect to the total weight of the fill material, and may have a melting point of about 20 to 50° C. The low melting point additive may be selected from the group consisting of chocolate base, lard, coconut oil and macrogol (polyethylene glycol) as well as a combination thereof.
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30 Claims
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1. A soft capsule comprising a fill material filling a shell,
wherein the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature and the fill material comprises a low melting point additive comprising a chocolate base comprising cacao butter, wherein said soft capsule comprising the fill material has been subjected to aging for 16 hours to 64 hours at a temperature of 35° - C. so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other; and
wherein the soft capsule is a chewable capsule. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
- C. so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other; and
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29. A soft capsule comprising a fill material filling a shell:
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wherein the fill material is in a solid or semi-solid form at room temperature; wherein the fill material comprises (i) a chocolate base comprising cacao butter and bitter chocolate, and (ii) a drug; wherein said soft capsule comprising the fill material has been subjected to aging for 16 hours to 64 hours at a temperature of 35°
C. so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other; andwherein the soft capsule is a chewable capsule.
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30. A soft capsule produced by:
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melting a chocolate base comprising cacao butter to produce a fill material; producing a shell; filling the shell with the fill material; and drying the fill material in a drying chamber at a temperature of 35°
C. for 16 hours to 64 hours so that a major amount of V-type cacao butter crystals and minor amount of VI-type cacao butter crystals are formed such that the shell and fill material are homogenized with each other to produce the soft capsule.
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